Lot Essay
This drawing would seem to be comparable to works by van Goyen that can be dated to circa 1650-1. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck has, on the basis of a photograph, expressed reservations about the attribution.
Details
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (1596-1656)
A Mill on a Rise, a Farm beyond
black chalk, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark fleur-de-lys (?)
96 x 154 mm.
A Mill on a Rise, a Farm beyond
black chalk, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark fleur-de-lys (?)
96 x 154 mm.
Provenance
W. Deiker, Dortmund-Gartenstadt
Anon. sale, L. Spik, Berlin, 1982
Presented as a gift to the father of the present owner shortly afterwards
Anon. sale, L. Spik, Berlin, 1982
Presented as a gift to the father of the present owner shortly afterwards
Exhibited
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Meisterliche Handzeichnungen aus Privatbesitz, Sammlung Deiker, 1930-1, no. 97